 Pictured in Quips and Cranks 1917, Davidson yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 24, 1884 Concord, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1959 (aged 74) Franklin, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1905–1906 | Davidson |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915–1918 | Davidson |
| 1919–1920 | NC State |
| 1921–1925 | North Carolina |
| Basketball | |
| 1916–1918 | Davidson |
| Baseball | |
| 1915–1919 | Davidson |
| 1920 | NC State |
| 1921–1925 | North Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 61–28–7 (football) 18–11 (basketball) 128–75–5 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SoCon (1922) | |
William McKinnon Fetzer (June 24, 1884 – May 3, 1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1915–1918), North Carolina State University (1919–1920), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1921–1925), compiling a career college football record of 61–28–7. His brother, Bob Fetzer, served as co-head football coach at the University of North Carolina and later became the first and longest serving Athletics Director for the university. Fetzer also was the head basketball coach at Davidson for two seasons, from 1916 to 1918, tallying a mark of 18–11. In addition, he coached baseball at Davidson (1915–1919), NC State (1920), and North Carolina (1921–1925), amassing a career college baseball record of 128–75–5.